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Post by Jim on Mar 10, 2008 19:00:53 GMT -5
down to 3 red rocotas..gonna pot up in a larger pot and provide some food. They aren't doing much.
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Post by Alan on Mar 15, 2008 0:01:43 GMT -5
Best of luck friend, keep us updated!
I've got allmost all of my bell pepers up, some sweet fingerlings from LI Seed, a bunch of sweet and hot frying types, a ton of different Habenero's and a few purple/ornamental types.
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Post by Jim on May 4, 2008 16:16:45 GMT -5
boy did I miss out on getting my peppers out early this year.....sad....
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Post by flowerpower on May 5, 2008 4:57:15 GMT -5
I just had no room to start anything this yr. So I started some hot peppers in a 6 pack (3 ea of 6 varieties) Naturally I dropped it.  But the Banana popped right up as did my Diamond Eggplant (TY Blue). |
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Post by grungy on May 5, 2008 15:02:42 GMT -5
Alan,
Please remember us this fall, when you make the offer, just in case I forget. (Right now that is a great possibility.)
Cheers,
Val/grungy
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Post by americangardener on Oct 16, 2008 21:16:31 GMT -5
Jim.. how'd ya do with peppers this year? Especially the Rocotos..
If you're wanting to try some more next season i got three varieties of rocotos. I don't even know if i got any growing in my garden this year. Everything is late. Whatever is growing only a few will make it to maturity. So i doubt even if i got rocotos back there that they'd make it. I was just back there last week and theres' still tons of blossoms on most of em. I might try transplanting a few and bringing em indoors for the winter.
Anyways.. i'd love to hear bout how your peppers turned out. Eggplants too if ya ever got em growing this year.
Dave
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Post by ottawagardener on Oct 21, 2008 21:15:17 GMT -5
Zone 5a Canada here:
I have had super success with peppers and eggplants by starting at the beginning of March (and I am itching to start in February) under lights and warming the soil with clear plastic ala the Ken Allan's sweet potato method from as soon as the snow melts or around early April. I then plant in the second week of May, with hoops in place if I have to cover because of a late frost. My eggplants and peppers did amazingly well this way. The only caveat was that this year I had a massive ant colony under the plastic which killed off some plants.
I overwinter hot peppers too which is the only way I managed to get a crop out of Fatali peppers. The first year, it had four leaves all season... sigh. This was before I learned about clear plastic mulch for borderline crops.
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Post by canadamike on Oct 21, 2008 21:39:05 GMT -5
Can somebody explain to me the fascination with Fatalli peppers?
Just READING the name makes me feel like I will have to sit on top of an iceberg if I ever have to eat it and evacuate the remnants...
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Post by grungy on Oct 21, 2008 22:14:45 GMT -5
Some people like the pain as it release the pleasure sensing endorphins. Actually Fatali isn't that hot compared to some others.
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Post by canadamike on Oct 22, 2008 12:24:26 GMT -5
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Post by Jim on Oct 31, 2008 16:54:39 GMT -5
Dave,
The peppers that got into the ground did well. My mom and a coworker grew most of them. THe red rocotas didn survive, but preaty much everything else did well till frost. My grandma pickled lots of them.
No eggplants this year.
Jim
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But the Banana popped right up as did my Diamond Eggplant (TY Blue). 
